votp
Steaming Bovril
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Post by votp on May 21, 2007 13:04:27 GMT
Not been South Central for years bh, it's Southern now The name may change but the service remains the same. Actually given the Tinpoticity of their whole outfit they should be the transporters of choice of this board.
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Post by medibot on May 21, 2007 13:45:21 GMT
As much as you're insulting many of my valued customers (lol) as long as the Fast Service to London keeps running on time and with ticket inspectors who don't mark my saver i don't care
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Post by ambersalamander on May 21, 2007 18:17:32 GMT
The name may change but the service remains the same. Try telling that to certain users of Virgin Media services Hmm, I have noticed some subtle changes to the train services although I can't quite put my finger on what
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Post by bh on May 21, 2007 18:56:33 GMT
I don't think the service provided by Southern has improved Sutton wise since privatization. When it was run by 'BR' they even ran a direct service to Bognor and Portsmouth. As fro the real Mickey Mouse railway First Capital Connect, Sutton - Wimbledon help!!
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Post by ambersalamander on May 21, 2007 21:10:22 GMT
I do miss the Wimbledon-Portsmouth service, but hey, that's South West Trains anyway
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Post by medibot on May 21, 2007 22:50:47 GMT
Sutton - Wimbledon help!! Sutton to Wimbledon is apparently poo because during peak times they only have one spare train in the whole FCC stock and that needs to be spare in case anything breaks down or something. Basically the trains are elsewhere serving people who pay more to travel through London. Can you tell i work in a railway station?
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Post by bonehead on May 22, 2007 12:44:08 GMT
So you must be the Thin Controller, medibot :-)
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Post by medibot on May 23, 2007 2:28:14 GMT
LOL!
Amusingly when i was younger i was really into Thomas the Tank Engine and my parents would always scare me and my older brother into going to bed by saying they'd get the Fat Controller.
One time i ran away quite fast and smashed my knee on the door frame, it bloody hurt and is probably why i remember it even though i was only 4.
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Post by bh on May 23, 2007 4:41:58 GMT
I suppose I could be called The Fat Controller! Although I know of others to whom the title would be more apt!!
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Post by Giggy of Telford on May 23, 2007 16:35:02 GMT
When I was younger I though 'Fat Controller' was an official job title, thatnkfully I never went to Wellington train station and asked ramdom people who worked there if they were the fat controller. These days they can't call him that on tv any more though, not politically correct or something like that.
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Post by bonehead on May 24, 2007 9:45:01 GMT
Oh yes they can! Channel 5 at 8.25am weekdays. So I'm tol *cough*
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Post by Giggy of Telford on May 24, 2007 15:02:55 GMT
Are those new(ish) episodes though? the older episodes they can't change now obviously but fromwhat I read somewhere (forget where) it was deemed not to be 'politically correct' anymore, they had to refer to him by other names in new episodes after that. Not sure if it's still the case as they may have changed there minds again, i think it was the case for a while though atleast. I may be completely wrong but I'm sure I read it somewhere.
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Post by hannahcafc on May 24, 2007 15:22:19 GMT
Didn't they have to change Noddy as well cos Big Ears and Noddy slept in the same bed, or something along those lines? Scandalous ;D Talking of Noddy, yet another legendary tv programme that's been vandalised by changing the theme tune. first Postman Pat, now Noddy...i feel a villains thread coming on...
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Post by medibot on May 24, 2007 16:56:09 GMT
Postman Pat has a weird ginger kid and wife now, i'm still outraged a year after finding this out.
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Post by peekay on May 24, 2007 18:00:08 GMT
They've changed the theme tune to Postman Pat?
I'm outraged.
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